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Third annual “Sowing of the Seeds” garden-planting party

Description:

Visitors will join staff members and volunteers in using historic Native American gardening techniques to plant the Interpretive Garden, which showcases plants similar to those that were grown by early Native Americans who once called the West Virginia northern panhandle home. Participants will plant heirloom seeds of sunflowers, squash and gourds, which the Adena people who built Grave Creek Mound likely grew. Corn and beans, that became important staples for Native Americans who lived in the a